Thin Pad Cycling Shorts - Bib or Bibless
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Thin Pad Cycling Shorts - Bib or Bibless
Just wondering if anyone knows which apparel makers offer shorts with a thin pad - it's hard to know from many of the item descriptions , thanks in advance !!
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Kurcharik offers a variety of pads, including traditional leather. If you buy their shorts, you can select which pad to go in them. Or, they can replace the pad in your current shorts with the pad of your choice.
https://www.kucharik.com/collections...thing-kucharik
https://www.kucharik.com/collections...thing-kucharik
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De Soto Sports makes trishorts with less padding.
https://www.desotosport.com/collecti...ns-shorts-bibs
https://www.desotosport.com/collecti...ns-shorts-bibs
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Aero Tech Pro Shorts have the thinnest chamois I've found. The black and tan pad is the closest I've seen to old school chamois leather pads. It's thin, not at all dense like foam or gel pads, with a bit of loft that compresses over time. Very soft and comfortable, although as I've lost weight and fat on my butt I've had to move to thicker, denser pads.
The material on the Pro Short is thinner than most cycling shorts/bibs, with very little compression. They feel and fit more like underwear. I mostly wear them under baggy shorts or jeans for casual rides on my hybrid.
You'll need to contact Aero Tech to find out whether they supply any of their bibs with that pad. I might consider Aero Tech bibs with the Pro pad, but only if the fabric offered more compression and fit longer and closer to the knee.
The material on the Pro Short is thinner than most cycling shorts/bibs, with very little compression. They feel and fit more like underwear. I mostly wear them under baggy shorts or jeans for casual rides on my hybrid.
You'll need to contact Aero Tech to find out whether they supply any of their bibs with that pad. I might consider Aero Tech bibs with the Pro pad, but only if the fabric offered more compression and fit longer and closer to the knee.
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Thanks all for some great resources , I've got some direction now , didn't know tri shorts are typically thinner .